What this is...

This site is a sister to The Year of Magical Painting, the self-chronicling of my quest to become the preeminent American portrait painter of the 21st century.

The purpose of this site is to provide, with minimal commentary, images and prices of my Wall Street paintings.It contains almost the entire collection of my annotated paintings, listed in chronological order, excluding only the ones that are so bad I cannot bear to look at them.

About the paintings

Unless otherwise noted (see: The Enumerated Thain; Study for Marcus Goldman), all paintings measure four feet by five and are painted with acrylic paint on canvas and annotated with permanent magic markers. The black and white paintings, such as Corzine, Naked, Short, unless other wise noted, are smaller, measuring 3'x4'.

Since I regularly roll them up and take them, via subway, to Wall Street, they are extremely tough and sometimes a bit grimy. This last part, I think, adds to their charm.

My paint of choice is Benjamin Moore house paint, which I dribble onto flat canvases using the stirring sticks they give you at the hardware store when you buy the paint. I initially described my style as a Jackson Pollock/Chuck Close fusion. It's evolved somewhat but I remain, primarily, a guy who paints big heads in a drip style.

If you look closely you can see that I also sometimes apply paint directly from the tube, or squirt some on my thumb and then apply it. Other than the background and the lettering of the title, I never use a brush.

Are you interested in a limited-edition print?

The paintings, by and large, are fairly expensive. However, all the images you see here are available as signed, limited-edition prints.

Prints are currently on sale for for $250, with a $50 handling charge per order for domestic shipment. We ship via FedEx or UPS, 3-5 day delivery. Faster shipment is available.

Handling charges for international orders are based on location.

Portraits by commission

Send me an email and we can talk about it. I am extremely flexible with the prices of non-annotated commissioned work.

What, exactly, is The Year of Magical Painting?

I closed my public relations agency on July 4th, 2006 to become a painter. The Year of Magical Paintingis the highly eccentric history of the past four years.

In it you can find numerous personal anecdotes, see photo-progressions of paintings, enjoy some of my "non Wall Street" work (which is lovely, if I do say so myself), and experience, vicariously, what it is like to leap into the abyss.

Trust me--it is gut wrenching.

Selected media coverage of my work

The Today Show did a piece on me last year and NBC Evening News ran it as well.See it here.

PBS's Newshour did a long piece about the collapse of Lehman Brothers in which my work figures prominently.See it here.

Financial blog WallStCheatSheet did a long interview with me. Read it here.

The New York Post reported rumors that one of my portraits of Richard Fuld was selling for "deep six figures." Read it here.

Contact me?

You are welcome to contact me via email at gvraymond@gmail.com.

I am happy to answer any question you may have and to sell you either a painting or a print.